Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
You will Need: A betelnut (supari) sliced in half; some coconut fibres, cardpaper, marking pen, a piece of twine, scissors and glue. How to Make: Cut out the shapes of the eyes, nose, and mouth from the cardpaper and keep aside. Paste the coconut fibres around the outer edge of the betelnut to form the mane of the monster. Paste the eyes, nose and mouth to form the face. Fix a piece of twine to the nut with glue if you wish to swing your supari monster.
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Dimdima is the Sanskrit word for ‘drumbeat’. In olden days, victory in battle was heralded by the beat of drums or any important news to be conveyed to the people used to be accompanied with drumbeats.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
K. M Munshi Marg,
Chowpatty, Mumbai - 400 007
email : editor@dimdima.com
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
505, Sane Guruji Marg,
Tardeo, Mumbai - 400 034
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Dimdima.com, the Children's Website of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan launched in 2000 and came out with a Printed version of Dimdima Magazine in 2004. At present the Printed Version have more than 35,000 subscribers from India and Abroad.